Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-25
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the pEopoaisinn fhni under DsuocrAsfs
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ahouid be efssn 70 DsmosEatz whiia m
der q Rspublssmn AaminiatEasson thsJ
skouEd - hezd y R4pabstsaus. = .
psslally ebisosa 70 The assertion Of ihs
pcsx. lsrxzxaaxxrxa Ehax tie Dsnno-
cratic rarity has nsvsF dens anythinR
for which Il deserves eFsdfs. Psrhapa
ths Argus vii kindly posns cot shs eom-
mendabIs fhings WHICH fke Dsuocrasis
raxsy, as pasfy. has dons duKing The
pasa thiFty avs years. OF coarse, shs
Posr- IxrKzax0xncEn does not so that
shers aEa not good Gpen. and plenty Of
shameaAanssasa Win the DenocTaey,
bat Il does say thai for thirty I've pears
thaa p&rty has been pefsiatsntly and
datsrmInsdly In fbe wsons. and that
durfne thas entire period q has not &c
eompgIshsd 9 single thing for whish .
ahoaId rsoeive essdit.
When two Democrats ere applicants
fox III sana cfElce before DsmoeEAtss
presidsnt there ls nothing FepFshsnssbis
IN Rapabliean expressing bis opinson,
10 any way be may see a. ~ % their
rslssave fitness for ths position Thsrs
Is nothing Fsvrahsnsible IL hia express
Inc bis confidence IN the integrity and
savassty Of enc o. them. Bot be shsaid
not SAX the nppoinsmsns Of thai man
from q Dsmoorasle Administration "a .
favor te himself. he ahonid not ask
faxors which A. oonsissens kspnhlicas
h does rot expect 10 retuFH.
isis the Republican applicant for .
DsmocfntIc efiee. howsvss, Who il es-
pselally 20 be eondemned. No Republi-
oan should urge The claims Of such q
one. when Republican appears a. 9
supvliant fer Office before . Democratic
President, be Indioasea hia willingness
te Surrender biz poiitsoai convictions fos
the saka Of shat oGises. There Il some
thing FndiealIy wrong about the man
who would thus bargain away his polit
ieal integrity. eaeh = mAH Is not 70 b
trusted 10 pablie Office. Diahonsrahl'
u this, be would be dishonosable n
other thinga No Republican and n
Demccrat should oak his reputation foi
soanA Judgment b. recommending 70
ofioe man whose moral nature Il q
perverted that be bargains away BIZ
pgineiples Tor q position. Thai y pFe-
cisaly what 10 amounts 10.
The sxistsncs Of parties Is essentia
10 the maintonan6s Of fFes govern
msnt. There h only enc form Of gov
meut under which parties do not exist
and that Is the absolute and hopeless
despotiam-- the Rovornment whose snb-
iscts must agree with the sOveFsign IN
every particular or less their heads.
With freedom Of Thought GENES differ
ence Of opinion. and 10 IL under the
most liberal and progressive govern
menas that party organizations are most
complete and efficient and feslty TO
party strongest. All history impresses
this truth. In every country tbs deyel-
opment of parties has bean proportion
aas 10 she progress Of the people in
freedom and civilization. We could
net have Il otherwise without changing
tbs very nataFs OF the human mind.
This being true, ID il the vssiest non
ssnss 70 discuss she possibility Of GREAT
iag In Q country where thought and
speech are free "a oEiee holding class
modelled after these which have existed
only under the most absolute dsspotisms.
The Argss Processes 10 believe thai
''the day will come when pablo senti-
ment will compel q tenure Of OfEAos in
subordinate executive positions during
life and good behavior That dag did
come thFee thousand years ago aud ii
ssill exises-in China. There exists Just
saeh an office holding class a. the Argus
pictures, bet les image can never be
reared in America. Tbs fundamental
principle Of free government Is that
those Who govern shall be In sympathy
with the people, and THAI thsy shall go
out Of ofiice and oome into office in &C
soFdanoa with the popular will. Il IL
as absurd 10 talk Of angFaftina the civil
service Of deapotic China upon the gov
eEnmsnt Of free America a. il would be
10 apply the petty rules Of q school
roem 10 the government Of state.
The ding dong Of e0teFie OF Anglo
maniac theorists has misled The people
inse permitting the passage Of q Law
which aims ct the creation Of an Office
heldtns arsssseraey In the United States.
Sooner or later, however. The ahaardiiy
OF snch law will be realized by eli bat
the bib and tucker politicians Who have
shaped II, and even the Arsas will I'D
mis- shat fires government mast fren its
nature BE- In accordance With the wishes
Of the governed, and that these Who I'D.
minister the government must be In TO
litieal accord with she majority Of the
people.